Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has announced that the District will be eliminating extended school years at 13 campuses throughout the city, citing a lack of evidence that it was improving academic achievement. Along with Mayor Bowser, acting D.C. Public Schools chancellor Lewis. D. Ferebee noted, “attendance rates at these schools are poor, teacher burnout is high and…

When you think of good Americans, the solid and earnest good folk who are trustworthy and present as inoffensive, Tom Brokaw has to be the type of guy you’d think of. But, after another mistake gone viral online, there’s a new way to see him. Tom Brokaw, 78, perpetrator of reckless public speaking. Uh-oh. He…

LAUSD teachers are going on strike in the Los Angeles area! This will cause the first strike for Los Angeles teachers in 30 years. Schools planned for the teachers to go on strike and families were well aware. Schools made plans for students since there would be limited teachers, if any, available to teach students….

He throws a temper tantrum and about 800,000 federal workers are uncertain about their future. If the shutdown continues much longer, a lot of federal workers will have to make a decision. Continue working without pay, or move on. Half of the workers are considered essential. The shutdown came at a time that should have…

Disparities in education may not come as a surprise to you. I certainly see the disparities first hand working in education. I have worked in several types of school settings ranging from traditional public, public charter, and private. I have also worked in many different areas where you can see the vast difference in demographics,…

Rylinda Rhodes is a 2018 Wayfinder Fellow in Washington D.C. Her activism focuses on fighting against the acceptance of sexual harassment in the workplace and various other women’s issues. Silence kills her, this is what I want people to know. After 9/11 the slogan See Something Say Something was played on airport, train, and bus…

When Santa conducts his annual review of the nice or naughty list, I hope that all the voter registration and awareness events I participated in keep me planted firmly on the nice side.If so there are five things I desperately want for Christmas, and if I get them, 2019 will truly be a Happy New…

Sometimes I think I’m competing with my daughter’s electronic devices for her attention. She refuses to turn off her cell phone, iPad or laptop, making it almost impossible for us to sit and talk or do anything really. Why am I in this constant struggle? is she afraid she will miss something that could be…

The animal rights organization PETA recently jumped the shark with its attempt to drive “speciesism awareness”…cause that’s a thing now. Whatever eager beaver runs their twitter account obviously thought they were being progressive when they sent out multiple ill-informed, ill-conceived, completely illogical tweets comparing common American idioms to racism, ableism, and homophobia. Insults rained like cats and…